Crowds gathered in the Crescent City Saturday voicing their anti-abortion opinions as the National organization Operation Save America kicks off a series of protests.

"They're killing children in there. This is a crime scene here and we are here to stop that," said Bill Shanks, Pastor of New Covenant Fellowship.

Protestors showed up in large number outside the Causeway Medical Suite in Metairie to spread their message.

"We have girls who have had abortions with us and they know the horror of abortion and we're here to spare these girls that. we're just here to give them information. not here to intimidate or harass," Shanks said.

The Metairie clinic remained open Saturday, and officials with the Feminist Majority Foundation were on site to guard the doors and voiced their pro-abortion rights stance.

"I think it should be accessible, I think it should be safe and legal, and I don't think anything should stand in the way of a woman's right to choose," said Edwith Theogene with the Feminist Majority Foundation.

Still some turned away at the sight of the protestors with signs depicting images of aborted babies.

The week-long planned movement in New Orleans was sparked by a new Planned Parenthood facility being built on South Claiborne. A Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast spokesperson said in a statement, "They're trying to stop a new health center from serving this community, but in the end they're only helping us build even more support."

The group has been known to engage in extreme tactics including protesting outside businesses that work on the construction of the site. Saturday they protested at a doctor's private home in the Fontainebleau neighborhood.

"We want this doctor to turn from this. We're here to pray for her, we're here to bring awareness to what she's does so that we can encourage her to do the right thing," said protestor Mark Gabriel.

Residents in the neighborhood were outraged when the demonstrators targeted the doctor's home saying it's fundamentally wrong and a violation of their privacy.

"It's an encroachment on my right a neighbor. I've spoken to the police here. I feel like they have more of a right than I do as someone who lives here to spout all of this hatred whereas I'm supposed to just roll over and take it," said Elizabeth Brusseau.

According to its website, Operation Save American plans to be in New Orleans until July 26, and they've booked more than 70 hotel rooms in Kenner. The site also gives updates on efforts to slow the construction of the Planned Parenthood facility. It is scheduled to open late this year or early next year.